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207 results for bipolar_disorder

VIC2024-10-16

Finding into death of Jessica Anne Thomas

33y · Unknown·neck compression secondary to hanging

Jessica Anne Thomas, a 33-year-old gender-diverse person with complex psychiatric diagnoses including schizoaffective disorder, borderline personality disorder, and PTSD, died by hanging while remanded in custody at Dame…

psychiatryemergency medicinesystemaripiprazole
VICcommunity2018-09-18

Finding into death of Gerald Vanderwerf

56y · Male·unascertained; presumed suicide by unknown means

Gerald Vanderwerf, a 56-year-old man with a 40-year history of severe depression, suicidal ideation, and multiple suicide attempts, disappeared from the Grampian Ranges on 23 September 2016. The coroner found on the bala…

psychiatrygeneral practicecommunicationsystemlamotrigine
TAShome2023-04-20

Coroner's Finding: Young, Luke Trevor

42y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (sertraline, amlodipine, lamotrigine, quetiapin…

Luke Trevor Young, 42, died from mixed prescription drug toxicity (sertraline, amlodipine, lamotrigine, quetiapine) in a suicide by overdose. He had severe, longstanding bipolar II disorder with chronic suicidality, comp…

psychiatrygeneral practicesystemdelaysertraline
VIChome2021-07-14

Finding into death of Edward Michael Espino

36y · Male·neck compression in the circumstances of hanging

Edward Espino, a 36-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died by hanging on 1 February 2016. In the hours preceding his death, he learned of a police 'whereabouts' alert placed six months after a minor assault a…

psychiatryforensic medicinesystemsodium valproate
TAShome2015-10-02

Coroner's Finding: Ms G de-identified

Female·hanging (suicide)

Ms G, a woman in her forties with bipolar II disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and severe alcohol dependence, died by suicide in November 2014. She had been admitted to hospital six times for detoxification and men…

psychiatryaddiction medicinesystemalcohol
VIChome2018-07-17

Finding into death of Mr L

45y · Male·Combined effects of plastic bag asphyxia and helium gas inhalation

A 45-year-old man with a history of bipolar affective disorder and previous suicide attempts died by combined plastic bag asphyxia and helium gas inhalation. He hired a helium cylinder from a party supply store on 2 Octo…

psychiatrygeneral practicesystemdiazepam
QLDhome2012-09-13

CMC

36y · Female·Excited delirium

A 36-year-old woman died from excited delirium during a physical altercation with her 16-year-old son. She had longstanding alcohol and cannabis use, borderline personality disorder with features of post-traumatic stress…

psychiatryforensic medicinesystemdelayalcohol
SAhospital2018-02-05

Coroner's Finding: SISSONS Anthony Vincent

38y · Male·metastatic poorly differentiated carcinoma on a background of delirium and schiz…

Anthony Sissons, aged 38, died of metastatic renal carcinoma while under a Mental Health Act inpatient treatment order. He presented to hospital on three separate occasions (13-15 June 2012) with constipation, which was …

general practiceemergency medicinediagnosticzuclopenthixol
WAhospital2016-11-16

Inquest into the Death of Shannon Elizabeth MURPHY

33y · Female·Methylamphetamine intoxication leading to agitated delirium and extreme exertion…

A 33-year-old female with a history of methylamphetamine use consumed the drug and became acutely intoxicated, exhibiting agitated delirium and bizarre behaviour searching for her son. She was violently assaulted by resi…

emergency medicinetoxicologymethamphetamine
VIChome2021-03-19

Finding into death of Jessinda Kiroyan

41y · Female·Nitrate/nitrite toxicity

Jessinda Kiroyan, a 41-year-old woman with a longstanding history of bipolar affective disorder, died from nitrate/nitrite toxicity in May 2019 after intentionally ingesting sodium nitrite obtained from a food ingredient…

psychiatryforensic medicinesodium nitrite
TAScommunity2025-06-30

Coroner's Finding: de-identified XA

41y · Male·head and chest injuries from fall from height

A 41-year-old man with schizophrenia died by suicide, jumping from the Tasman Bridge on Christmas Eve 2022. He had a 15-year history of mental illness with multiple suicide attempts, previously managed with antipsychotic…

psychiatrygeneral practicesystemdelaypaliperidone
SAmental health2016-06-09

Coroner's Finding: FALLON Peter John William

40y · Male·Unascertained; likely cardiac arrhythmia secondary to cardiomegaly and morbid ob…

Peter John William Fallon, aged 40, died in the psychiatric intensive care unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 2 February 2013 of unascertained cause. He had bipolar affective disorder, was on antipsychotic therapy, and …

psychiatryintensive carecommunicationsystemrisperdal consta
WAmental health2019-12-20

Inquest into the Death of Jason James Sutherland MALLETT

46y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia in a man with coronary arteriosclerosis and myocarditis

Jason Mallett, a 46-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder and schizo-affective disorder, died from cardiac arrhythmia secondary to coronary arteriosclerosis and myocarditis while an involuntary psychiatric patient…

psychiatrycardiologysystemcommunicationquetiapine
NSWpolice custody2024-06-25

Inquest into the death of Brett Furner

54y · Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery atherosclerotic disease

Brett Furner, a 54-year-old man with significant coronary artery disease and recent myocardial infarction (February 2023), suffered an acute myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest while in police custody at Goulburn po…

cardiologyemergency medicinediazepam
QLDhome2011-03-25

Clarke, Daniel James

36y · Male·Gunshot wound to the forehead

A 36-year-old man with a 10-year history of forensic mental health order died by gunshot wound during a siege after police arrived to enforce psychiatric hospitalisation. The coroner found mental health care was appropri…

psychiatrycorrectional healthcommunicationsystem
NSWhome2019-10-04

Inquest into the death of C D

60y · Male·burn wounds and the consequences thereof

CD, a 60-year-old man with long-standing psychiatric history (schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder) and alcohol use disorder, set his house alight on 19 September 2017 after becoming acutely unwell with paranoid ideati…

general practicepsychiatrydiagnosticcommunicationdiazepam
NSW2024-03-13

Inquest into the death of O A

44y · Male·multiple injuries from fall from cliff

A 44-year-old man with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and bipolar affective disorder with drug-induced psychosis died following a fall from a cliff at Vaucluse during a police rescue operation. He had been managing s…

rheumatologyallergy and immunologycommunicationsystemoxycodone
NSWhome2015-10-09

Inquest into the deaths of Geoffrey Francis Hunt, Kim Jeanine Hunt, Fletcher Austin Hunt, Mia Isobel Hunt, Phoebe Amelia

Male·Gunshot wound to the head

Five family members were killed by gunshot on the evening of 8 September 2014 at Watch Hill farm, NSW. Geoffrey Hunt shot his wife Kim and their three children (Fletcher aged 10, Mia aged 8, and Phoebe aged 6) before tak…

psychiatrypsychologycitalopram
NSWhome2016-09-30

Inquest into the death of Terry Riordan

45y · Male·multi-drug toxicity from ingestion of methadone and amitriptyline

Terry Riordan, 45, died from multi-drug toxicity caused by ingesting amitriptyline and methadone in April 2015. He had complex medical and psychiatric comorbidities, substance abuse issues, and was under care of his GP D…

general practicepsychiatrymedicationdiagnosticmethadone
WAmental health- 11 April 2014

Inquest into the Death of Amanda Alison GILBERT

47y · Female·bronchopneumonia in context of ischaemic heart disease, chronic renal failure, a…

Amanda Gilbert, aged 47, died from bronchopneumonia with background ischaemic heart disease, chronic renal failure, and hypoxic brain injury from a 1985 hanging attempt. She had been an involuntary patient at Graylands H…

psychiatrygeneral medicinesystemdelaylithium
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